Press release from The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital congratulates Professor Graeme Clark, AC who was recently announced as the joint winner of the prestigious Shambaugh Prize.
One of the most highly respected science prizes in the world, the Shambaugh Prize recognizes a remarkable work in the field of Otology and related basic research.
Professor Clark is the first Australian to have been awarded the prize.
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"Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer than they do naturally – may one day be possible.
"Big business is taking this possibility seriously. In 2013 Google founded a company called Calico to develop life extension methods, and Silicon Valley billionaires Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel have invested in Unity Biotechnology, which has a market cap of US$700 million. Unity Biotechnology focuses mainly on preventing age-related diseases, but its research could lead to methods for slowing or preventing aging itself.
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Sociologist Tom Aechtner on why complexity is better than conflict and how we change our minds.
Tom Aechtner was a speaker at this year's COSAC and Dr Natasha Moore (from the Centre for Public Christianity) recorded this interview with him there. In the interview, Tom tackles the vital and very current problem of, "...mass persuasion, why we believe and disbelieve things and how we can get past pointing fingers and yelling at each other."
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Tim and Lyn Beattie are friends of ISCAST who have taken the initiative to organise a number of "science and religion" events in their part of Melbourne. Tim reports here on the latest event:
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Some talks and lectures were live-streamed on the ISCAST Facebook page during COSAC 2018. What a wealth of fascinating talks!
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Following early reports last week that scientists had edited the DNA of human embryos, American researchers have now published their much anticipated paper in the journal Nature.
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Dr Jane Goodall, renowned humanitarian and conservationist, ‘the chimp lady’, and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, visited Australia to share her dream of a world where people, animals and the environment all coexist in a sustainable future.
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This year’s Wellcome Image Awards are truly awe-inspiring, and a reminder for me to look for moments of wonder and worship in my everyday routine.
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Do we have a 'God Spot'? Is our Faith Determined by our Brain Architecture?
Andrew Wood, October 2015.
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An interview with Dr Graeme Finlay - August 2016
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